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Hollandscheveld () is a village in the
municipality
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of Hoogeveen
Hoogeveen (; nds-nl, 't Ogeveine or '' 't Oveine'') is a municipality and a town in the Dutch province of Drenthe.
Population centres
Elim, Fluitenberg, Hoogeveen and Noordscheschut, which still have the canals which used to be throughout ...
, the Netherlands
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. It was founded in the 17th century after the Hollandsche Compagnie (''Company from Holland'') bought the land to harvest its peat. It was initially named Hollandsche Veld (''Field of the Hollandsche Compagnie'') which was later combined into just Hollandscheveld.
During the Second World War
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
, three notorious war criminals lived in Hollandscheveld: Auke Pattist, Dirk Hoogendam
Dirk Hoogendam, a.k.a. Dieter Hohendamm, alias ''The Boxer'' (18 May 1922, Vlaardingen - 8 August 2003 in Ringgau, Germany), was a Dutch war criminal.
Hoogendam was sentenced to death after World War II because of his service in a foreign army ...
and Martinus Johannes van Oort
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* Martin (magister militum per Armeniam), 6th-century Byzantine/East Roman general
* Martinus (son of Heraclius), 7th-century Byzantine/East Roman co-emperor
* Martinus of Arles, doctor of theology, priest, and author on de ...
. These men tortured arrested resistance warriors and Jews in a local school. Dirk Hoogendam was sentenced to death after the war, but managed to escape to Germany where he died in 2003.
Known resistance heroes Marinus and Johannes Post
Johannes Post (4 October 1906 – 16 July 1944) was a Dutch resistance leader during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. He helped lead part of the Landelijke Knokploegen and hid Jews in his village, Nieuwlande. Post was recognized as Righteou ...
were born in Hollandscheveld. They were both executed by the Germans in 1944.
Hollandscheveld became the focus of national attention in 1963 during the ''Boerenopstand'' (Farmer's uprising). Thousands of so-called ''Free Farmers'' descended on Hollandscheveld when three families were removed from their farms after refusing to pay a levy to the ''Landbouwschap''. After several days of fighting between farmers and armed police, one of the homesteads was burned to the ground. The leader of the uprising was Hendrik Koekoek who was nicknamed Boer Koekoek (''Farmer Koekoek''). His political party, Boerenpartij
The Farmers' Party ( nl, Boerenpartij, BP) was a Dutch agrarian political party, with a strong conservative outlook and a populist appeal. The BP was the first anti-establishment party elected into the Dutch House of Representatives after the ...
(''The Farmers Party''), gained power and influence as a result of the incident.
Notable people
*Piet Kleine
Pieter "Piet" Kleine (born 17 September 1951) is a former speed skater from the Netherlands who specialized in the longer distances.
Short biography
At the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Piet Kleine became Olympic Champion on the 10,000&nbs ...
(born 1951), speed skater gold medallist from the 1976 Olympics
* Hendrik Koekoek (1912–1987), politician
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